A girl joins soldiers on top of an armoured vehicle after the attempted coup was crushedBurak Kara/Getty Images

Germany has issued a search warrant relating to a leading suspect linked to the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, following a request from Ankara and signalling a thawing of relations between the two countries.

The warrant was issued in November but has only now been announced by both sides. The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, broke the news yesterday during an interview with the Turkish television channel Haberturk, saying that Germany had issued the warrant following a request from Ankara. That was confirmed by Maria Adebahr, an official in the German foreign ministry.

“We cannot disregard the fact that members of the Gulen network movement were engaged in the coup attempt in Turkey,” Ms Adebahr said.

The suspect, Adil Oksuz, is accused of acting as…

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